LEAN ON GOD

 A DEVOTIONAL GUIDE of ANCHOR OF LIFE & REDEMPTION MINISTRY, Worldwide.

TUESDAY. 18th January, 2022

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE

General Overseer

Topic: LEAN ON GOD

MEMORIZE: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Proverbs 3:5.

SCRIPTURE Reading: 2Chronicles 16:8.

EXPOSITION

To lean on is to rest on someone or something. To lean on someone demand trust and readiness. We must be able to trust such a person and be ready to rely on him/her. But concerning our trust in man, the word of God says, “Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?” Isaiah 2:22. God also said, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.” Jeremiah 17:9-10. With this divine assessment, men are not worthy of relying on.

Who then should we rely on? It is God, our Creator and Father. “It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in princes.” Psalm 118:8,9. Men do fail when least expected because they are human being and has their limit. But God is unlimited in His ability and readiness to save and deliver. He cares for us and is worthy to be trusted and relied upon. The Psalmist said, “Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.” Psalm 37:3-5. 

There is satisfaction and security in relying on God. Jesus said, without Him, we can do nothing. John 15:5. Before you set into any project or fresh idea this year, commit your way into the hand of God; put your trust in Him and lean not on your own understanding. He will establish you and give you good success. When every other thing fail, God never fail. He offer Himself for you and I to lean on Him.

Prayer Point:

Lord, I rely on you for your guidance, security and good success in my life, family and this nation this year in Jesus name.

BIBLE READING IN A YEAR – Exodus 8-10.